REST may be commanded from this position. Pathfinders are allowed to move around (except for the right foot!), but you must remain silent and standing. The right foot must stay "glued" in its place to the ground. AT EASE and REST may be commanded from this position. Some clubs may allow the hands to relax during STAND AT EASE, but this is not permissible according to the NAD Drill Manual. To do this command, execute parade rest as described above however, the head and eyes are to follow the commander at all times. STAND AT EASE is slightly more relaxed than Parade REST. STAND AT EASE, AT EASE, or REST and the directive for PRAYER ATTENTION may all be given from this position. The head and eyes are to be kept looking straight ahead, because Parade REST is simply a more relaxed form of Attention. Pathfinders execute Parade REST by moving the left leg out (so feet are about 8 inches apart) and placing both hands in the small of the back, with the right hand on top of the left and thumbs locked together. On preparatory commands, the position of Parade REST should be assumed when at STAND AT EASE, AT EASE, or REST. It may be called only from the position of Attention. “There are a few times that we may not understand what they are going through, but we can understand their courage and sacrifice just be watching the news everyday.Parade, REST is the most "strict" of these three commands. “I think our community is thankful for all of the veterans who have made sacrifices so that someone else could live free at home,” he said. Thirty-five years after he returned from Vietnam, Leonel Benavides will finally get his parade as Grand Marshal of this year's Farmersville Memorial Day Parade. “I am glad we have learned to pray for our troops no matter what.” “The homecoming they have and will receive is very different,” Benavides said. While none of his own three children joined the military, however, his son-in-law, Jesus Martinez, is stationed in Afghanistan with a US Air Force unit combined with an Army unit. Within his congregation are four young men who have served in the military, one who has served two tours in Iraq. Since moving to Farmersville in 2000, he has served as chaplain for the school district, police department, Tulare County Sheriff's Department, Mayor Pro-Tem of the Farmersville City Council and pastor of the Bethel Assembly of God in Farmersville. and Eduardo - to be good role models and taught them that all those who have sacrificed their time, plans and lives for their country and community should be honored. He has raised each of his three children - Ida, Leonel Jr. This June, he and his wife, Caroline, will celebrate 33 years of marriage. It is a much more dangerous world for kids than even my children's generation.” “Now they are people recruiting kids to be drug dealers, gang members and prostitutes. “When I was growing up people were recruiting you to play Little League or basketball,” he said. He taught his first Bible School class just after turning 18, and, to this day, serves as chaplain for the Farmersville Union School District. At the age of 5, he had joined the Royal Rangers, a community service group for boys. Born in south Texas and raised in Parlier, Calif., Benavides understood the importance of having positive role models, adults that you could count. That time is better left in the past.”Īs far as Benavides was concerned, it was time for him to get back to his true calling of ministering to youth. When get together now, we find better things to talk about. “Let's just say you didn't want to wear your uniform anywhere,” Benavides said. Unlike US soldiers returning from World War II, Benavides said there was no grand welcome, no community celebrations, and no parades. America's anti-war sentiment during the Vietnam War had labeled soldiers as baby killers, mercenaries and war mongers. What he saw in war was horrific, “something I don't like to talk about.” But what he saw when he returned home was even harder to witness. Already a certified minister with the Assembly of God ministries, he chose to be a field medic, rushing to save lives, just as he had seen his faith save so many. At the age of 18, Leonel Benavides was drafted into the US Army in 1969.
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